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METHOD OF MAKING MATTRESSES.

Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

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METHOD OF MAKING MATTRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,041, dated IvIarch 5, 1889.

Application filed September 29, 1888. Serial No. 286,76 t. (N0 modeld To r/N ll'iHUH 1'. may con/car:

3e it known that I, DANIEL liAYNEs, a citizen of the l'niced States, residing at Sealy, in the county of Austin and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Mattresses; andl do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the art of manufacturing mattresses or the bats therefor; and it has for its object to so construct the hat that it will not lump or wad into knots and hollows from use.

The novelty consists in the peculiar method of produein g the bat, all as more fully hereinafter described, and then particularly pointed out in the claim.

I have illustrated in the drawing, in vertical longitudinal section, the preferable form of a 'iparatus for carrying out my process, but of course do not rest! let myself to such construction.

The bat is formed by throwing the material. for the same into a suitable receptacle by a current of air created by a machine, which at the same time separates the fibers of the material of which. the bat is composed, the mairrial being compressed by suitable mechanism. ly this method the material is evenly distributed, and, falling in separated particles one after another, is so crossed and interlocked that a complete bat isiformed that is free from, lumps and that requires no tackingor quilting to hold it together.

Referring to the details of the drawing by letter, A represents the box, of any suitable depth and of a size in cross-section to corre spond to the size of the mattress. This box has hinged ends B, but either one or both of the ends may be hinged, as preferred, through which the bat may be taken out to be placed in the tick, which is afterward sewed. The

hinged end or ends may be held closed in any 2 suitable manner-for instance, by means of i i per C, where it is taken up by the saws I) and a button at the lower edge that. engages a socket in the bed on which the bat is formed.

To one end of the box A is attached an ex- T E X A S.

tension, A, provided with a hopper, C, and

in which is journaled the shaft a, carrying a plurality of saws, D, a grating, E, being arranged over the saws and extending between the same and upon each side thereof. This grating serves to take from the saws all lint not held by the teeth thereof, that only being fit to be passed to the brush hereinafter described, which takes it from the saws and passes it by a draft of air, which its velocity has created, into the receptacle A.

F is a brush carried by the transverse shaft 1), and (Jr is the main drive-pulley on the shaft r. Any suitable means may be employed to impart to the saws and brush the necessary rotary motionsuch, for instance, as belts and pulleys, as represented by dotted lines in the drawing.

ll is a flue or opening connecting the box or extension A with the receptacle A, as showmand through this opening the material is forced into said receptacle.

I is a fan hinged or connected in any wellknown way to a bracket, (I, or to any other fixed portion of the frame of the machine, and is operated by means of a pit-man, K, which is eccentrically connected to the wheel G, which is driven by any suitable power.

The bottom of the receptacle A should be constructed in such a manner that after the hat is completed it can. be easily withdrawn. This may be accomplished in various ways; but I prefer to form said bottom of strips, the alternate ones being lixed, the oihers movable, having one end framed together and extending outside the receptacle, by which the bat for the mattress is withdrawn from the receptacle and upon which it rests.

The top L is made heavy and is preferably formed with apertures to admit of the escape of dust and excess of air, and is arranged to be lowered upon the bat for the purpose of compressing the same. This may be done in any well-known way.

In operation the material, which may be wool, moss, hair, cotton, or shucks, or other material suited for the purpose, or any two or more of the same mixed, is fed into the hopproperly acted upon to separate the fibers and :delivcr them to the brush F, and by said brush, which revolves at a proper speed, the material is forced through the flue ll. into the l receptacle A. The brush F, which is a combined brush and fan, serves not only to de l liver the fibers from the saws, but creates a current of airstrong enough to force the disintegrated material into the receptacle, Where it is evenly distributed by means of the fan i I. \Vhen sufficient of the material has been forced into the receptacle, the machine is stopped and the cover or follower L lowered upon the material and in any suitable manner made to compress the same.

hat I claim as new isv The improvement in the art of nlanufacturing mattressbats, which consists in first disintegrating the material and simultaneously forcing the same into a suitable receptacle, fanning said material as it passes into the receptacle, and finally compressing the same, 20 substantially as described, thereby dispensing with tacking" of the bat, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. DANIEL HAYNES. 4 \Vitnesses:

J. \V. MoLAnAN, C. O. RUFF. 

